Tear and share mince pie recipe
Love the sharing aspect of this Tear and share mince pie recipe because at this time of year we come together with family and friends for loads of love and sharing.
Tear and share mince pie recipe
Perfect to share with family and friends, our generous open mince pie is made up of lots of individual pies so there’s one for everyone.
• Preparation time:15 minutes, plus 30 minutes chilling
• Cooking time:40 minutes
• Total time:1 hour 25 minutes, including chilling
• Makes: 1 large pie that divides into 15
Ingredients
• 200g plain flour
• 100g butter, chilled and diced, plus extra for greasing
• Finely grated zest of 1 large orange
• 410g jar mincemeat
• Icing sugar, to dust
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Grease a 20cm x 4.5cm round loose-bottomed tin.
2. Place the flour, butter and zest in a food processor and blend until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Gradually add 2-4 tablespoons of very cold water, pulsing lightly between each addition until the mixture forms a ball. You may not need all the water. Wrap the pastry in clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes.
3. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of a £1 coin, always rolling the pastry in one direction to prevent over-stretching it. Using a 9-10cm cutter, stamp out 15 circles, re-rolling the pastry if necessary.
4. Spoon a generous teaspoonful of mincemeat into the centre of each pastry circle. Gather up the edges with the thumb and forefinger of each hand to make a small open square. Repeat with the other circles, fitting each one snugly into the prepared tin until the tin is full.
5. Bake for 20 minutes then reduce the temperature to 180°C, gas mark 4 and cook for a further 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly. Turn out onto a serving plate. Dust with icing sugar and serve with Cointreau infused cream.
Cook’s tips
If you do not have a food processor or prefer to make pastry by hand, simply rub the chilled butter into the flour, add the zest and the water and mix with a round-bladed knife until the mixture comes together into a ball
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Kate Davis-Holmes
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9 Comments
sarah TheRealLaraShoe
This looks amazing. Great variation on traditional mince pies!
Thanks for sharing and linking up with us #FabFridayPost
Carol
What a fabulous idea – tear and share pie! Shared with the world! MMBC
Donna
Wow what a cool idea! Husband would love this! #foodiefriday
Mummy in a TuTu
oh wow!! Now this is an actually brilliant and clever idea – I cannot believe I have never thought of this! Going on mu xmas to make list for sure!!
Thanks for linking to #foodiefriday
Su {Ethan & Evelyn}
OMG! This looks absolutely delicious! You are welcome to my home anytime! 🙂 xx Thanks for linking up with us on #FabFridayPost
Michelle
I’ve never actually had mince pie so this is an interesting recipe:) #FamilyFunLinky
Alana - Burnished Chaos
What a great idea. I always make mince pies at Christmas but I love that this is something a bit different. Thank you for joining #FamilyFunLinky x
Maria | passion fruit, paws and peonies
What a great idea! Love this!! x #AnythingGoes
Ann from Rainbows are too beautiful
My oh my, how did I miss this last year – it looks awesome. Pinning!!!